U+B3EF "돯" Hangul Syllable Dwalh Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+B3EF "돯" Hangul Syllable Dwalh is a precomposed syllable in the Korean Hangul writing system, representing the phonetic compound "dwalh." It is formed from the initial consonant ᄃ (d), the medial vowel ㅘ (wa), and the final consonant ᄒ (h), which combine to create this specific and relatively rare syllable. As part of the Hangul Syllables block in Unicode, this character was included to ensure comprehensive coverage of all possible syllable combinations in modern Korean, though it may not be commonly used in everyday vocabulary. Its existence reflects the systematic and phonetic nature of Hangul, where each block corresponds to a distinct sound.

General Properties

Code Point U+B3EF
Version Added 2.0
Name Hangul Syllable Dwalh
Block Hangul Syllables
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Left To Right
Decomposition Type Canonical
Decomposition Mapping "돠" U+B3E0 Hangul Syllable Dwa
"ᆶ" U+11B6 Hangul Jongseong Rieul-Hieuh

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding 돯
HTML Hex Encoding 돯
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEB 0x8F 0xAF
UTF-16 Encoding 0xB3EF
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000B3EF
C/C++/Java Escape \ub3ef

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFKC Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Hangul LVT Syllable
East Asian Width Wide
Script Hangul
Script Extensions Hangul
Hangul Syllable Type LVT Syllable
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Upright
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Hangul Syllable Type=LVT
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter